Hi Martyn & Dirk, On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 02:18:14PM +0200, Dirk Kostrewa wrote: > I want to second Miguel: a switch between a "basic" GUI (could be with > even less options) and an "advanced" and "expert" GUI that allows > access to most and all options that can be used in scripts would be > absolutely great! It would allow novice users to do a good job on > "standard" problems, and gives experienced users the freedom to use any > option of a program in more difficult cases. A similar idea is > implemented in the SUSHI GUI of SHARP, where such a switch allows you to > change less or more phase refinement and improvement parameters.
What we do there is to always present all options: but depending on the level (beginner, advanced, expert) a user has declared him/herself some might be greyed out. This way even a beginner will see that there are more options - and (most importantly) gets the help messages and explanations for those advanced options. But only a few items can be changed by a beginner. So if the CCP4i would get a beginner/advanced/expert mode I think it would be best to try and adopt this idea (greying out boxes) if possible. If expert options are just collected and placed into a spearate 'folder' widget they would loose their position within some logical, crystallographic context, making it possibly more confusing to understand what they mean. Cheers Clemens -- *************************************************************** * Clemens Vonrhein, Ph.D. vonrhein AT GlobalPhasing DOT com * * Global Phasing Ltd. * Sheraton House, Castle Park * Cambridge CB3 0AX, UK *-------------------------------------------------------------- * BUSTER Development Group (http://www.globalphasing.com) ***************************************************************
